2021 Chard Farm Eliza Pinot Noir

The Eliza is sourced from a single vineyard of the same name in the Bannockburn sub-region of Central Otago. The vineyard itself is rather small and sits above the Kawarau River.

The wine is made from a single block of an average 3-tonnes of grapes, planted in Clone 777 and 115. Soil here is alluvial schist with lime roughly 1 metre down. 

The resulting wine is mineral, aromatic, acidic and contrasts with the fruit-forward opulence of other wines from this sub-region.

Tasting note:
Aromatic and complex bouquet with red cherry, blackcurrant, black pepper, and liquorice. Flavours of red berry fruits evolve on a bed of silken tannins to hints of
black spice and dried herbs, while a line of calm assured acid runs through a lingering flavourful finish.